diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php b/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
index bc8487e..2644d0b 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class BpNode extends Node
 
     /** @var array */
     protected $childNames = array();
-    protected $alias;
     protected $counters;
     protected $missing = null;
     protected $missingChildren;
@@ -307,22 +306,11 @@ class BpNode extends Node
         return $this->info_command;
     }
 
-    public function hasAlias()
-    {
-        return $this->getAlias() !== null;
-    }
-
     public function getAlias()
     {
         return $this->alias ? preg_replace('~_~', ' ', $this->alias) : $this->name;
     }
 
-    public function setAlias($name)
-    {
-        $this->alias = $name;
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return int
      */
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/HostNode.php b/library/Businessprocess/HostNode.php
index b02d3ec..8229e95 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/HostNode.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/HostNode.php
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ class HostNode extends MonitoredNode
         }
     }
 
-    public function getAlias()
-    {
-        return $this->getHostname();
-    }
-
     public function getHostname()
     {
         return $this->hostname;
@@ -67,9 +62,4 @@ class HostNode extends MonitoredNode
 
         return Url::fromPath('businessprocess/host/show', $params);
     }
-
-    public function getLink()
-    {
-        return Html::tag('a', ['href' => $this->getUrl()], $this->hostname);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Node.php b/library/Businessprocess/Node.php
index 21c8708..067d433 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/Node.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/Node.php
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ abstract class Node
         self::ICINGA_OK       => 0,
     );
 
+    /** @var string Alias of the node */
+    protected $alias;
+
     /**
      * Main business process object
      *
@@ -331,12 +334,31 @@ abstract class Node
 
     public function hasAlias()
     {
-        return false;
+        return $this->alias !== null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the alias of the node
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getAlias()
     {
-        return $this->name;
+        return $this->alias;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the alias of the node
+     *
+     * @param string $alias
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setAlias($alias)
+    {
+        $this->alias = $alias;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     public function hasParents()
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Renderer/TileRenderer/NodeTile.php b/library/Businessprocess/Renderer/TileRenderer/NodeTile.php
index 24efc1c..1686ccc 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/Renderer/TileRenderer/NodeTile.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/Renderer/TileRenderer/NodeTile.php
@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@ class NodeTile extends BaseHtmlElement
     {
         $node = $this->node;
         $url = $this->getMainNodeUrl($node);
-        if ($node instanceof ServiceNode) {
+        if ($node instanceof MonitoredNode) {
             $link = Html::tag('a', ['href' => $url, 'data-base-target' => '_next'], $node->getAlias());
-        } elseif ($node instanceof HostNode) {
-            $link = Html::tag('a', ['href' => $url, 'data-base-target' => '_next'], $node->getHostname());
         } else {
             $link = Html::tag('a', ['href' => $url], $node->getAlias());
             $link->getAttributes()->add('data-base-target', '_self');
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNode.php b/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNode.php
index b40ba02..6160bce 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNode.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNode.php
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ class ServiceNode extends MonitoredNode
 {
     protected $hostname;
 
+    /** @var string Alias of the host */
+    protected $hostAlias;
+
     protected $service;
 
     protected $className = 'service';
@@ -31,6 +34,30 @@ class ServiceNode extends MonitoredNode
         return $this->hostname;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the host alias
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getHostAlias()
+    {
+        return $this->hostAlias;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the host alias
+     *
+     * @param string $hostAlias
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setHostAlias($hostAlias)
+    {
+        $this->hostAlias = $hostAlias;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getServiceDescription()
     {
         return $this->service;
@@ -38,7 +65,7 @@ class ServiceNode extends MonitoredNode
 
     public function getAlias()
     {
-        return $this->hostname . ': ' . $this->service;
+        return $this->getHostAlias() . ': ' . $this->alias;
     }
 
     public function getUrl()
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/State/MonitoringState.php b/library/Businessprocess/State/MonitoringState.php
index 80d5f41..d317528 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/State/MonitoringState.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/State/MonitoringState.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Exception;
 use Icinga\Application\Benchmark;
 use Icinga\Data\Filter\Filter;
 use Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\BpConfig;
+use Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\ServiceNode;
 use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Backend\MonitoringBackend;
 
 class MonitoringState
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ class MonitoringState
             'last_state_change' => $hostStateChangeColumn,
             'in_downtime'       => 'host_in_downtime',
             'ack'               => 'host_acknowledged',
-            'state'             => $hostStateColumn
+            'state'             => $hostStateColumn,
+            'display_name'      => 'host_display_name'
         ))->applyFilter($hostFilter)->getQuery()->fetchAll();
 
         Benchmark::measure('Retrieved states for ' . count($hostStatus) . ' hosts in ' . $config->getName());
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ class MonitoringState
             'last_state_change' => $serviceStateChangeColumn,
             'in_downtime'       => 'service_in_downtime',
             'ack'               => 'service_acknowledged',
-            'state'             => $serviceStateColumn
+            'state'             => $serviceStateColumn,
+            'display_name'      => 'service_display_name',
+            'host_display_name' => 'host_display_name'
         ))->applyFilter($hostFilter)->getQuery()->fetchAll();
 
         Benchmark::measure('Retrieved states for ' . count($serviceStatus) . ' services in ' . $config->getName());
@@ -137,5 +141,11 @@ class MonitoringState
         if ((int) $row->ack === 1) {
             $node->setAck(true);
         }
+
+        $node->setAlias($row->display_name);
+
+        if ($node instanceof ServiceNode) {
+            $node->setHostAlias($row->host_display_name);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/php/library/Businessprocess/HostNodeTest.php b/test/php/library/Businessprocess/HostNodeTest.php
index 069f432..9839959 100644
--- a/test/php/library/Businessprocess/HostNodeTest.php
+++ b/test/php/library/Businessprocess/HostNodeTest.php
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ class HostNodeTest extends BaseTestCase
         return (new HostNode((object) array(
             'hostname' => 'localhost',
             'state'    => 0,
-        )))->setBpConfig($bp);
+        )))->setBpConfig($bp)->setAlias('localhost');
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/php/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNodeTest.php b/test/php/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNodeTest.php
index d4b3e5a..d56529d 100644
--- a/test/php/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNodeTest.php
+++ b/test/php/library/Businessprocess/ServiceNodeTest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ class ServiceNodeTest extends BaseTestCase
             'hostname' => 'localhost',
             'service'  => 'ping <> pong',
             'state'    => 0,
-        )))->setBpConfig($bp);
+        )))->setBpConfig($bp)->setHostAlias('localhost')->setAlias('ping <> pong');
     }
 }